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Saul is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin. It is the English form of שָׁאוּל , the Hebrew name of the Biblical King Saul . The name translates to "asked for/borrowed".
Saul (/ s ɔː l /; Hebrew: שָׁאוּל , Šāʾūl; Greek: Σαούλ, Saoúl; transl. "asked/prayed for") was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy, a polity of uncertain historicity.
Unlike most other figures found in both the Hebrew Bible and the Quran, the Arabic name is not similar to the Hebrew name (שָׁאוּל , Šāʾūl). According to Muslim exegetes, Talut means "tall" and refers to the extraordinary stature of Saul, which would be consistent with the Biblical account. [2]
This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations not found in Merriam-Webster or the American Heritage Dictionary follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter taw ( ת ) is transliterated as a 't' as opposed to an 's'.
"A mighty man of power": attributed to Kish, Saul's father; translated from Hebrew גבור חיל 20] which may mean (1) a valiant man, as in 1 Samuel 16:18, or (2) a wealthy man as in Ruth 2:1, or the combined idea of personal valor and family importance ("a man of standing" in NIV), rendered in the Septuagint ἀνὴρ δυνατός, "a ...
After Saul disobeyed God's command, God told Samuel of His regret making Saul a king. The Hebrew root word nhm for "regret" was used 4 times in this chapter (among English Bible translations, ESV consistently renders it as "regret" whereas others use "change of mind" or "repent"). [23]
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Early authorities considered other Hebrew names mere epithets or descriptions of God, and wrote that they and names in other languages may be written and erased freely. [2] Some moderns advise special care even in these cases, [3] and many Orthodox Jews have adopted the chumras of writing "G-d" instead of "God" in English or saying Ṭēt-Vav ...